Title

Altruism And Environmental Risks To Health Of Parents And Their Children

Keywords

Altruism; Child health; Environmental risk; Household production

Abstract

This paper tests an equilibrium condition from a model that incorporates: (1) altruism of parents toward their young children, and (2) household production of latent health risks. The model demonstrates that an altruistic parent's marginal rate of substitution between an environmental health risk to herself and to her child is equal to the ratio of marginal risk reduction costs. Econometric estimates support this prediction based on data from a stated preference survey involving 488 parents of children aged 3-12 years. This outcome implies that parents reallocate family resources to at least partly offset the effectiveness of public programs that aim to reduce their children's environmental risks. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

5-1-2007

Publication Title

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volume

53

Issue

3

Number of Pages

323-341

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2006.09.005

Socpus ID

34249749944 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/34249749944

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